The National Hockey League has announced that Phase 1 of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery will be conducted at NHL Network’s studio in Secaucus, NJ on Friday, June 26, at 8 p.m. ET. and be broadcast live on NBCSN and NHL Network in the United States, with Sportsnet and TVA Sports handling those duties for our friends north of the border.
How will it work with covid-19 wreaking havoc on all things NHL?
The 2020 NHL Draft Lottery will be held in two phases - if necessary.
Fifteen teams will be eligible in Phase 1 of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery: the seven teams that already have not qualified for the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs – ranked in inverse order of their points percentages at the time of the pause in the regular season (Detroit, Ottawa, Ottawa again (via San Jose), Los Angeles, Anaheim, New Jersey and Buffalo) – and eight “placeholders” that represent the to-be-determined Qualifying Round teams that do not advance, thus maintaining previously established odds for the Draft Lottery.